Now she combines business with pleasure, in a showroom-workshop packed with quality dolls houses, miniature accessories and materials for her life-size interior design business. Francis applies her creative skills to both, designing and making a huge range of fabulous bespoke curtains, pelmets, swags and tails of all shapes and sizes to dress windows in style. But when Frances isn't busily re-covering a three piece suite, chaise or leather chair she's working on her pint-sized world of dolls and can make or supply a vast range of items from cutlery to counterpanes, to ensure that even your doll's home is an ideal home.

Visit Dolly Dimples to view her extensive range of furniture and houses, but please e-mail first as opening times vary.

A comprehensive selection of accessories is also available by mail order; for details, see the Dolly Dimples Furnishing Co website.